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When you think of drug overdoses, you may think of heroin, cocaine, or club drugs such as Ecstasy. But according to a 2003 report from the Rockville, MD-based Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), prescription painkillers also are bringing patients to the ED.
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A man screaming in pain after a motor vehicle accident. A 12-year-old boy who has just attempted suicide. Which patient will get your attention first?
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This is a periodic column that will address specific questions related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) implementation.
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Question: What criteria should raise a suspicion of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) for home health clinicians?
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With more than 7,500 suspected and probable cases worldwide and 573 deaths, according the the World Health Organization, as we go to press, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been in the news for many months.
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This is the first in a periodic series that addresses recruitment and retention issues with examples of how home health agencies are meeting the challenge of finding and keeping good employees.
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CMS evaluates PET scans for Alzheimers; Home care has positive effect on heart patients
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Youve got a great idea for a new program, but you dont have the cash to fund the start-up expenses or maintain it while you build it. There may be grant money with your name on it you just have to use the right approach.
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While many home health patients may accept pain as a normal part of their condition or of their age, it doesnt have to be that way, according to experts interviewed by Hospital Home Health.
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The traditionally deliberative FDA apparently thinks a cryotherapy system developed by CryoCath Technologies (Kirkland, Quebec), which uses extremely cold temperatures to treat diseased tissue, is a hot commodity, granting the product an approval about five months ahead of schedule, an almost unheard-of feat for the agency.